Wednesday January 15, 2014, 2:17 pm
We The People all over this world Know exactly what is happening Unless we use our pockets and improvise using less fossil fuels and stay active within our local governments to advocate for the better energy that works in unison with this planet it will continue to push for its eternity which continues to destroy with no fear of the costs. Seek legislatively to have your State Capitals to Divest out of fossil fuels This is sweeping across our Country right now Please take the time and speak to your leaders Who will allow public forums on this. Take your power back We can do this and must stay vigilant against fossil fuels.

Wednesday January 15, 2014, 4:09 pm
Scientists were surprised? Really? Because animals and amphibians can't feel vibrations in water; can't tell carbon when it's emitted, or increased dust; can't tell the difference between pristine rain forest and encroachment? Of course they can! Any time a species feels threatened there are two first lines of defense - move away and quit reproducing. No surprise here.

Thursday January 16, 2014, 1:10 am
Noted. I find the choice of the word 'exploited'. Interesting. The article says that they should find different ways to exploit the oil. That is very telling in of it self.

Thursday January 16, 2014, 11:20 am
"The findings take on a new urgency as Ecuador is moving to allow more oil drilling inside Yasuni National Park, after dropping its Yasuni ITT-Initiative. This ambitious initiative which would have left three remote blocs in the park (Ishpingo-Tambococha-Tiputini) untouched by oil development if the international community agreed to pay half the revenue for the untapped oil: $3.6 billion. Proponents touted the initiative as a bold way to mitigate climate change, conserve biodiversity, and safeguard indigenous people, while some critics labeled it as a new form of "blackmail." However, funds raised for the initiative would have gone into a United Nations Development Program for funding renewable energy and other select community development projects. But last year, Ecuadorean President, Rafael Correa, said he was dropping the initiative as funds weren't rolling in fast enough.

"The world has failed us," Correa said at the time. "I have signed the executive decree for the liquidation of the Yasuni-ITT trust fund, and with this, ended the initiative."

Correa has said that exploratory drilling will begin this year in the remote ITT blocs. However, activists in Ecuador are working on having a national referendum on the issue. Correa has come out against such a referendum, while his administration has recently shuttered a well-known local NGO, Fundación Pachamama, for its opposition to oil drilling in indigenous areas. "

Read more at http://news.mongabay.com/2014/0114-hance-canopy-frogs-oil.html#r0KzhMm3ttiHFsje.99

this is disgusting greed. We and the wildlife are the losers. WE desperately need to find other energy sources other than oil.
It is fascinating about these bromeliad dwelling frogs and other diversity of life in the canopy of the beautiful trees